Lowes Build & Grow

Builders at Work!

 

Students had the choice of building a race car or monster truck. 

Originally we planned on building trains but everyone was flexible to a new plan. 

Having a choice in what to build made the experience even more enjoyable.

Thank you to our parent volunteers who helped us navigate our class through the building experience.

I think we have some future construction men and women on our hands!!

Silly Builders!!!

Heartwarming Holiday

Thank you SO much for such a heartwarming holiday gift!

Mrs. Davis and I were filled with love and gratitude.

It was the perfect gift and we can't wait to pick out the perfect spot to display it. 

We will certainly put the dunkins gift card to good use too. 

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!

Run, run, as fast as you can...

You Can't Catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man! 

 

We read 5 different versions of Gingerbread tales. We looked at the characters, setting, repeating phrases, and how the stories ended. We compared and contrasted the stories and even wrote about which one was our favorite. Check out our gingerbread boys and girls we made at our art center this week. Our class has done a great job letting their imaginations come alive! 

Fundations
Our new letters:   
l-Lamp-/l/                      h-hat-/h/                   k-kite-/k/


Odds & Ends

-Math is focused on counting to 100 by 1s and 10s. Keep up the practice. Even ask your child 

to count on from a given number. 

-We continue to work on sound/letter relationships. End sounds are our focus for the next couple of weeks.

-As the holiday season is upon us we will talk about holiday traditions and celebrations around the world. 

-In computers we worked on coding! 

-Thank you for all of your donations of tissues, hand sanitizer, and wipes. We are making great use of them over the cold season. 

Upcoming Events:

 

Tomorrow
The students will be building a train engine that Lowe’s is providing to all students. This will tie nicely into our science curriculum engineering standards.

We will be building the trains at our school. We will be working on this project in the morning.

On Tuesday, December 22nd, kindergarten will be “traveling” on the Polar Express to the North Pole. (All of the activities will occur in the classroom.) We will read the story, The Polar Express and the students will have a ticket for the “ride”. The students will be doing some Polar Express activities in class as well.

Your child can wear his or her pajamas to school that day and may even bring slippers to change into.  This will be a fun experience for your child and a nice way to end 2015.  

Preparing for Winter

Happy December!

This week's focus has been on: How do people and animals prepare for winter?

Some animals hibernate. Some animals migrate. While others adapt. 

To learn more we read:

      

We talked about Characters, Setting, and our favorite part when reading a story. This is a great way to develop comprehension skills. After reading a story ask your child what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Also asked them to tell you the characters and setting of the story.

In Fundations...

We learned letters:

 

and started to identify first/beginning sounds of words. Next week we will move onto end/final sounds. 

In Math...

We learned how to count, write, and read numbers to 20! 

Book Buddies!!

On Friday Second Grade came to our class to share a story. 

We had a blast! We hope to meet twice a month.

                                              

                                              

                                              

                                               

How Room 5 Prepares for winter...

Our class is working diligently to practice "good" health around cold season. 

We are asking students to remember to use hand sanitizer and tissues when necessary. 

In hopes of continuing these great habits we are looking for any donations of tissues, hand sanitizer,or even disinfectant wipes. We appreciate any donations and contributions to our classroom. 

Thank you in advance!

 

 

We are looking forward to having Lowe’s come to Fox Hill on Tuesday, December 15th. The students will be building a train engine that Lowe’s is providing to all students. This will tie nicely into our science curriculum engineering standards.

We will be building the trains at our school. We will be working on this project in the morning 10:00AM to about 11:30AM.

We need to have parents come in to help with this project. If you are interested and have a completed CORI on file in the main office, please contact your child’s teacher by Wednesday, December 9th. 

More information will be sent home as the date draws closer

Polar Express 

On Tuesday, December 22nd, kindergarten will be “traveling” on the Polar Express to the North Pole. (All of the activities will occur in the classroom.) We will read the story, The Polar Express and the students will have a ticket for the “ride”. The students will be doing some Polar Express activities in class as well.

Your child can wear his or her pajamas to school that day and may even bring slippers to change into.  This will be a fun experience for your child and a nice way to end 2015.  

We would love to have some parent volunteers help out on this day. We would need volunteers to help from 9:30-11:30am. If you are able to help, please contact your child’s teacher by Friday, December 11th.